CVE-2008-0055

Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 creates world-writable directories while NSFileManager copies files recursively and only modifies the permissions afterward, which allows local users to modify copied files to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges.

Published: Mar 19, 2008
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2008-0055
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

CWE-362

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
apple / mac_os_x_server	10.4.11	10.4.11.x
apple / mac_os_x	10.4.11	10.4.11.x

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28343
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019649
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41299

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2008-0055